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Theron, Linda C.
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2019-01-17T12:08:56Z |
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2019-01-17T12:08:56Z |
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2019-09 |
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In this article, I argue that an ecological systems approach to resilience – specifically, one that is sensitive to how contextual determinants shape successful adaptation differentially – offers a meaningful way to enable sub-Saharan adolescents to adapt well to the apparently intractable risks to their health and well-being. Accordingly, I draw on studies of child and adolescent resilience from sub-Saharan Africa and the global North to show that the resilience field has largely moved beyond individual-focused theories of resilience that have the (long-term) potential to jeopardize adolescent health and well-being and advance neoliberal agendas. I emphasize that the recent attention to differentially impactful resilience-enablers casts suspicion on incautious application of universally recurring resilience-enablers. Allied to this, I problematize the delay in the identification of resources that impact the resilience of sub-Saharan adolescents differentially. Finally, I distil implications for resilience-directed praxis and research that have the potential to advance the championship of adolescent resilience in sub-Saharan Africa. |
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dc.description.department |
Educational Psychology |
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dc.description.librarian |
hj2019 |
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http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sap |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Theron, L. 2019, 'Championing the resilience of sub-Saharan adolescents : pointers for psychologists', South African Journal of Psychology, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 325-336. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0081-2463 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2078-208X (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1177/0081246318801749 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68171 |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Sage |
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dc.rights |
© The Author(s) 2018 |
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dc.subject |
Adolescent resilience |
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Contextualized insights |
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Differential impact theory |
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dc.subject |
Ecological systems approach to resilience |
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dc.subject |
Resilience champion |
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Sub-Saharan Africa |
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dc.title |
Championing the resilience of sub-Saharan adolescents : pointers for psychologists |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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